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Elvira STATES PATENT UFFICEC \VILLIAM A. SPARKS AND NICHOLAS RAPPLEYEA, OF ROCHESTER, NEWV YORK, ASSIGNORS TO THE STEIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,198,6lated March 16, 1886.

Application filed hl'ay19,1885.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM A. SPARKS and NICHOLAS RAPPLEYEA, both of the city of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, assignors to the STEIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, of the same place, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Burial-0askets; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,

and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a bottom view of the exterior casket-lid removed from place. Fig. 2 is a l 5 top view of the exterior casket, with the interi or sheet-metal casket fitted therein. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-section in linezvx of Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4- is an enlarged cross-section of one side throu h one of the holding-clamps.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 4.

Our improvement relates to burial-caskets in which an air tight sheet metal casket is placedinside the ordinary exterior wood casket. The object is to provide a lid or cover of its own, fastened securely down by clamps on a packing, and place the same loosely in the ordinary wood casket, after which the lid of the wood casket is fastened in place over the metal one. The interior casket is therefore 0 interchangeable to different wood caskets of the same pattern, and can be used either in transporting bodies or for burial purposes, as hereinafter described.

In the drawings, A shows an ordinary exte- 5 rior wood casket, and Bits lid or cover,which are secured together as usual.

0 is the interior metal casket, and D its cover or lid. The body of the interior casket is made of some suitable sheet metal-such as zinc-of the same form as the exterior casket, and of such a size as to fit closely but loosely therein, and be movable therefrom by simply lifting it up with the hands. At the top the metal is bent inward, forming asquare seat, a,

5 and at the inner end of the seat the metal is turned up, forminga flange, 1). On the under side of the seat a molding, 0, extends all around, forming a bearing to stiffen the top of the sheet-metal casket, also as a bearing for the screws to enter that hold the clamps, and

furthermore as the attachment for the trimming of the casket inside.

The lid of the interior casket is constructed with a glass face place, d, set air-tight into the frame by means of suitable cement. The remainderf of the length is made of V form in cross-section, which not only presents an ornamental appearance, but gives strength, so that the crowning portion will resist strain and will not collapse. The sides 99 of thelid are angular, corresponding with those of the outer lid. At the bottom of the sides are angular offsets h 72., and at the edges are vertical flanges 7c 7c, which rest upon a rubber packing-strip, m, resting on the seat a and extend ing around the whole perimeter of the casket.

G G are a series of clamps attached by screws 1) p to the seat (1., the screws running down into the molding 0, but not ext-ending through the same, as shown in the crosssection, Fig. 4. The clamp consists of a cylindrical body, 1-, having a. concared lower end which bears upon a rubber pad. 8, through which the screw passes, and which rests on the seat a. The clamp is also provided with an 7 5 angular hook or lug, t, which shuts down over the angular offset Ii of the lid, thereby clamping the flange it down on thepacking and making the joint air-tight. The angle ofthehook and the offset are such that the lid can have no shucking movement laterally, and is therefore held firmly in place.

By the use of the clamping devices above described the lid can be secured air-tight very expeditiously, and can be removed as readily. 8 To remove the lid a few turns are given to each screw by a screw-driver, when the clamp can be turned offt-o oneside, as indicated by the dotted lines, Fig.5. Thisisdone withoutremovingthe screw or the clamp. \Vhere screws alone are 9c used, as in ordinary caskets, they have to all be turned out and removed to free the lid, thereby involving much labor and trouble.

\Ve do not claim in this application an cecentric pivoted in the top of the screw and 5 bearing on the clamp, as shown in the patent of Villiam A. Sparks, February 9, 1886.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a burial-casket, the combination, with the casket, ofthe clamps G and screws 1), the clamps turning on the screws and provided with ofi'scts that set over the edges of the lid,

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and the lid bearing on a packing between itself In witness whereof we have hereunto signed and the casket, as set forth. our names in the presence of two subscribing 2. In a burial-casket, the combination, with witnesses.

the casket, of the clamps G, provided with off- 5 sets that rest over the edges of the lid, the screws 1) on which the clamps turn, and the packing blocks 8 under the clamps surrounding the screws, the whole arranged to \Vitnesses: operate in the manner and for the purpose LEO STEIN, 1o specified. R. F. OSGOOD.

V. A. SPARKS. N. RAPPLEYEA. 

